Mechanical Design & Prototyping Engineer

Center for Disability Services

Full-time other-general
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Location
Watervliet, NY, United States
Posted
July 10, 2026

Job Description

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About the Role

The Health Innovations Incubator & Technology Center (HII Tech) at the Center for Disability Services is seeking a hands-on Mechanical Engineer to help bring innovative ideas to life through prototyping and fabrication.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working with tools, designing and building real systems, and transforming early-stage concepts into functional, manufacturable prototypes. You enjoy building things that have never existed before. You are comfortable working with ambiguity, rapidly learning new technologies, and moving ideas from concept to functional prototype. You take ownership, enjoy solving practical engineering problems, and thrive in multidisciplinary environments. You’ll play a key role in developing solutions across healthcare, assistive technology, and experimental engineering projects in a fast-p...